How Saraki, Ekweremadu Rubbish Senate Standing Rules, Impose Akpabio As The Senate Minority Leader

Senate President, Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu openly rubbished the Senate Standing Rules to impose former governor of Akwa Ibom state, Godswill Akpabio as the Minority Leader of the 8th Assembly.

Saraki in the process of imposing Akpabio shut down a member of his party, Senator Kabir Marafa, a member of the Unity Forum of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has he attempted to point out the illegality of Akpabio’s choice.

Marafa called the attention of Saraki to the fact that as a first time senator, Akpabio was not qualified to occupy the position of the Senate minority leader, going by the Standing Orders of the Senate.
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